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Ed Gein at State Crime Lab

Date: 11 17 1957
Description: Ed Gein (1906-1984) and a police officer wait at the counter at the State Crime Lab where he was brought for lie detector and other tests or at the city ja...
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Teen-Ager Fashion Show at Manchester's

Date: 05 10 1957
Description: Colleen O'Brien, sophomore at East High School, modeling a light blue cotton Dacron dress, with her hand resting on the back of a chair, for a Vogue patter...
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Teen-Ager Fashion Show at Manchester's

Date: 05 10 1957
Description: Colleen O'Brien, sophomore at East High School, modeling a light blue cotton Dacron dress, with her hand resting on the back of a chair, for a Vogue patter...
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr.

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., laughing, at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. He was the Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin...
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr.

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., smiling, at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. He was the Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ...
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr.

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., holding a pipe. He was the Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1959 until 1969.
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr.

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr. He was the Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1959 until 1969.
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr.

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., smiling broadly with his pipe at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. He was the Director of the State Historical ...
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Scroll Sceen Play by Sherman Elementary School Students

Date: 12 02 1953
Description: Fourth-grade students viewing a scroll screen play, which they had produced. The play, "A Day in the Jungle," was planned and coordinated by their teacher ...
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Albert A. Hanson Trial

Date: 12 04 1953
Description: Albert A. Hanson, facing a possible prison term on charges of adultery and receiving stolen money, ponders his fate alone before the empty jury box during ...
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Shopping at a Record Store

Date: 01 09 1954
Description: Customer John Salzer (left) looking over an album with George Dasson. Other 33rpm vinyl records are displayed on the wall, and framed photographs of musica...
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Shopping at a Record Store

Date: 01 09 1954
Description: Customer Nancy Thomsen purchasing a vinyl record. Other 33rpm records are displayed along the back wall and counter top, and 45s are sitting inside a glass...
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Shopping at a Record Store

Date: 03 09 1954
Description: Customers Judy Schwandner and May Nicolaus enjoy hearing a record playing on a turntable in the store's listening booth.
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Shopping at a Record Store

Date: 01 09 1954
Description: Customer Anne Davis playing a vinyl record in a listening booth before making a decision to purchase it.
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Activities of Firemen at the Central Fire Station

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Harold Hansen (left) and Fred Manthe making chili for the firemen's dinner. Hansen is standing next to the stove stirring a deep pot with one hand, and is ...
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Firemen Activities at the Central Fire Station

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Chatting about previous fire fighting experiences are (from left to right): Captain Arthur Wilcox, Firemen Russell Mani, and Wilbur Wright. They are sittin...
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Firemen Activities at the Central Fire Station

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Lt. Henry Anderson (left) and Capt. Erwin Beale (right) waiting for details as Fireman O.E. Vallem is receiving a phone report from East Side firemen. Vall...
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We Saw You . . . at Lawmaker School

Date: 01 12 1955
Description: Proud assemblymen's wives watching from the state assembly gallery as the 1955 State Assembly session begins. Mrs. Earl Warren (sitting on the left) is mar...
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Bart Starr, Fuzzy Thurston, Pat Richter, and Jim Bakken

Date: 01 30 1962
Description: Bart Starr, quarterback, sitting front left, and Fred "Fuzzy" Thurston, guard, standing on the right, of the Green Bay Packers visiting with Jim Bakken, pu...
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Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church Dedication

Date: 08 14 1955
Description: Elevated view of the dedication ceremony and first Mass held at the Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church located at 401 South Owen Drive. Madison Dioces...

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